Why are Jamaican's such fast runners?

Question

Why are Jamaican's such fast runners?

Answer 1

cuz we r just down rite talented and we got it lik that!

Answer 2

They are naturally gifted...

Answer 3

I heard from a news article that the main secret to Bolt's success:  yams!  He eats alot of it, which has a h**l of a lot of fiber, and good carbs.  That's why he's so thin and light.

Answer 4

Its our national sport and the one we put most of our money into developing. We excel at things if we are given the opportunity and don't waste it, and Track and Cricket are the only ones we haven't truly wasted. Also there's the diet of Jamaican cuisine and research about fast twitch muscles.

wow comments above are really funny to me. nice assumptions, particularly the ones about work ethic and running on sandy beaches. I wont call it ignorance as they don't seem to be disrespectful, except Andy and I wont even bother to thumbs down because you admitted how outrageously stereotypical that statement was.

Answer 5

it's  the food: the yam, the banana, the dumplin and cassava plus we train hard.

we work hard for it.

running from the police? r u serious.

it's nt everything that u hear u should believe.

you guys lucky im a nice person cause mi waan tell unu two badword right now.

get a life

Answer 6

They are natrally fast. Everyone trains hard but you have to be gifted with speed at this level.  

Answer 7

Because they train really really hard.

Answer 8

nobody knows

Answer 9

Some of them may be fast, but they are not winners, out of all the great sprinters to come out of Jamaica, Bolt was the first to ever win the 100m sprint.

Asafa Powell is the typical Jamaican sprinter, he is a gifted athlete and extremely fast, but fails when it really matters.

Answer 10

$5 says that this Lerory character is going to come on here and say that it's because Jamaican runners use drugs.

That's like asking why Michael Phelps is such a good swimmer, or Shawn Johnson and Nastia Luikin are two of the top gymnasts in the world.  They train hard and are built to go succeed.

It's crazy how fast they really are.

Answer 11

They found something they are good at and stuck with it.

Plus everyone loves Jamaica, well almost everyone.

Answer 12

because they like to walk and run they're not lazy americans, like jesse owens he loved to run and he ran everywhere so he got tons of practice after we americans are done running we get in the car drive to MacDonald's get some food and sleep,

Answer 13

they have incredible raw talent and an amazing work ethic.

in the end it's their training that makes them come out on top.

Answer 14

Good questions! They can fly. Maybe the run on the sandy beaches and it makes them faster.

Answer 15

The ganja makes you run faster.